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Not sure if the Republican Party was wise to stake everything on a senile paedophile
November 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Not sure if the Republican Party was wise to stake everything on a senile paedophile
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Russian Election Interference 🤝 Epstein Files
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Russian Election Interference 🤝 Epstein Files
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As you might imagine, this is very good. It is also very funny.
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
As you might imagine, this is very good. It is also very funny.
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The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.
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Our latest issue has just hit newsstands! Here’s a peek at what’s inside... 🧵
For our cover story, Mark Wilding from @libertyhq.bsky.social investigates how the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company Palantir: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
For our cover story, Mark Wilding from @libertyhq.bsky.social investigates how the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company Palantir: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
November 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Our latest issue has just hit newsstands! Here’s a peek at what’s inside... 🧵
For our cover story, Mark Wilding from @libertyhq.bsky.social investigates how the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company Palantir: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
For our cover story, Mark Wilding from @libertyhq.bsky.social investigates how the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company Palantir: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
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💷 | NEW BLOG: A war on bills should be the government’s defining campaign – showing it’s on the side of consumers and tackling the cost of living from energy to food to housing. Read the latest from us here www.ippr.org/articles/a-war-on-bills
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
💷 | NEW BLOG: A war on bills should be the government’s defining campaign – showing it’s on the side of consumers and tackling the cost of living from energy to food to housing. Read the latest from us here www.ippr.org/articles/a-war-on-bills
The BBC should start referring to him as ‘convicted sex offender Donald Trump’ every time
November 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The BBC should start referring to him as ‘convicted sex offender Donald Trump’ every time
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
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As prep for this article, I listened to the BBC Origin Story from @originstorypodcast.bsky.social by @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social - a highly important listen and one that I can strongly recommend.
The BBC – Part one – Inform, educate, entertain
Podcast Episode · Origin Story · 04/12/2024 · 1h 12m
podcasts.apple.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
As prep for this article, I listened to the BBC Origin Story from @originstorypodcast.bsky.social by @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social - a highly important listen and one that I can strongly recommend.
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Leaving the EU means the U.K.’s national broadcaster must now kowtow to the King of America.
Grotesque.
Grotesque.
November 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Leaving the EU means the U.K.’s national broadcaster must now kowtow to the King of America.
Grotesque.
Grotesque.
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The BBC - for all its flaws - remains the greatest news and broadcasting service in the world.
It is everything Donald Trump and his cabal of nasty little nobodies will never be and we need to defend it.
It is everything Donald Trump and his cabal of nasty little nobodies will never be and we need to defend it.
Donald Trump Slams 'Corrupt' BBC After Tim Davie Resigns Over Bias Row
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald...
Donald Trump Slams 'Corrupt' BBC After Tim Davie Resigns Over Bias Row
The US president said the corporation's behaviour was "a terrible thing for democracy".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The BBC - for all its flaws - remains the greatest news and broadcasting service in the world.
It is everything Donald Trump and his cabal of nasty little nobodies will never be and we need to defend it.
It is everything Donald Trump and his cabal of nasty little nobodies will never be and we need to defend it.
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Today marks just six months to go until the 2026 Scottish Parliament Election! As is now usual, I'll be looking to commission a pre-election poll. If you can, please chip in to the crowdfunder here - all donations gratefully received, and even if you can't donate, please share!
gofund.me/cf862de1a
gofund.me/cf862de1a
Donate to Ballot Box Scotland SP26 Fundraiser, organized by Allan Faulds
This funding will support Ballot Box Scotland's reporting ahead of the 2026 Scottish … Allan Faulds needs your support for Ballot Box Scotland SP26 Fundraiser
gofund.me
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Today marks just six months to go until the 2026 Scottish Parliament Election! As is now usual, I'll be looking to commission a pre-election poll. If you can, please chip in to the crowdfunder here - all donations gratefully received, and even if you can't donate, please share!
gofund.me/cf862de1a
gofund.me/cf862de1a
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In his new book, antitrust scholar and former White House adviser Tim Wu argues that tech giants are bleeding you dry—and lays out a plan to stop them. www.wired.com/story/tim-wu...
Welcome to Big Tech's ‘Age of Extraction’
In his new book, antitrust scholar and former White House adviser Tim Wu argues that tech giants are bleeding you dry—and lays out a plan to stop them.
www.wired.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
In his new book, antitrust scholar and former White House adviser Tim Wu argues that tech giants are bleeding you dry—and lays out a plan to stop them. www.wired.com/story/tim-wu...
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I see the Welsh and the Finns are looking on the bright side as usual.
Meanings of the word for November in various languages
▪️ Leaf fall (Czech)
▪️ Freezing moon (Ojibwe)
▪️ Dark period month (Inari Sami)
▪️ Wind slender (Navajo)
▪️ Month of goats (ChiShona)
▪️ Month of slaughter (Welsh)
▪️ Time of drumming (Yup'ik)
▪️ Arrival of the scorpion (Thai)
▪️ Death month (Finnish)
▪️ Leaf fall (Czech)
▪️ Freezing moon (Ojibwe)
▪️ Dark period month (Inari Sami)
▪️ Wind slender (Navajo)
▪️ Month of goats (ChiShona)
▪️ Month of slaughter (Welsh)
▪️ Time of drumming (Yup'ik)
▪️ Arrival of the scorpion (Thai)
▪️ Death month (Finnish)
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I see the Welsh and the Finns are looking on the bright side as usual.
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We're hosting an online event on #BlackHumanism this evening with our patron, the historian SI Martin, and the American folklorist Anthony B Pinn. Book now! 🧵
November 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
We're hosting an online event on #BlackHumanism this evening with our patron, the historian SI Martin, and the American folklorist Anthony B Pinn. Book now! 🧵
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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The new rise of Christian Nationalism in the UK – a movement opposing women’s rights, freedom of religion or belief, immigration, same-sex marriage, abortion, and LGBT rights – is NOT representative of the vast majority of the UK, NatCen’s research confirms.
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The new rise of Christian Nationalism in the UK – a movement opposing women’s rights, freedom of religion or belief, immigration, same-sex marriage, abortion, and LGBT rights – is NOT representative of the vast majority of the UK, NatCen’s research confirms.
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I hate that all those male escorts' phone numbers have been compromised through no fault of their own. Haven't they all been through enough?
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I hate that all those male escorts' phone numbers have been compromised through no fault of their own. Haven't they all been through enough?
Well that’d be nice. Where’s mine?
Then where's my second breakfast, Elon? Where's my second breakfast!?
November 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Well that’d be nice. Where’s mine?
How do you help a country in the grasp of group psychosis?
Asking for a… well, you know.
Asking for a… well, you know.
November 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
How do you help a country in the grasp of group psychosis?
Asking for a… well, you know.
Asking for a… well, you know.
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NEW: British people's trust in the United States has collapsed in the year since Donald Trump took office according to @bestforbritain.org latest research:
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
British people's trust in the US has collapsed since Donald Trump was elected
A year on from Donald Trump's shock victory, most people in Britain now say they don't trust the US - a massive drop from last November
www.mirror.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
NEW: British people's trust in the United States has collapsed in the year since Donald Trump took office according to @bestforbritain.org latest research:
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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